Python Fundamentals I

Getting started
Pre-course questions
Course Introduction
2 Topics
Requirements: what you need before you can start
Course structure
About Python
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is Python used for?
Python’s Major Features
Python History
Python introduction: the quiz
Installing Python
3 Topics
Installing Python on Windows
Installing Python on MacOS
Installing Python on Linux
Basic concepts: taking our first steps
How to start Python
Your First Steps in the Python REPL
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is the REPL?
Operators
About the example code
REPL: The Quiz
Variables
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
Defining variables
Using variables in expressions
Variable naming
Variables: the quiz
Strings: working with text
4 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is a Python string and how to create one
Manipulating strings
Formatting strings with f-string
Printing text to your screen
Strings: the quiz
Booleans and loops
4 Topics | 2 Quizzes
What is a Boolean?
Boolean operators
Boolean logic: the quiz
For loops and lists
While loops
Loops and lists: the quiz
Functions
5 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is a function and why do we need functions?
Creating your own functions
Returning from a function
Variable scope
Default values and named parameters
Functions: The Quiz
Code Comments
2 Topics | 1 Quiz
Adding comments
Common mistakes with comments
Code Comments: The Quiz
Your first program
3 Topics
Entering the code in the REPL
Analyzing your first Python program
Assignment: adapt your first Python program
Using an IDE
Creating Python programs
3 Topics
Create a .py file
Enter the code and save the file
Run (execute) the program file
Visual Studio Code IDE
5 Topics
Why VSCode?
Download and install VSCode
Starting VSCode
VSCode extensions for Python
VSCode GUI tour
Run and debug code in VSCode
8 Topics | 1 Quiz
Creating and configuring projects
Create and open projects from the command line
Create and run a file
Debugging your code
Run configurations
Breakpoints
Other ways to run code
Formatting code and saving a workspace
VSCode: The Quiz
Objects and classes
Introduction to classes and objects
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
A look under the hood
So what are classes and objects?
Creating your own classes and objects
Objects and classes: The Quiz
Constructors
1 Quiz
Constructors Quiz
Inheritance
1 Quiz
Inheritance Quiz
Loops, ranges, and iterators
The importance of loops and iteration
Iterators
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
How an iterator works
How to use iterators
Creating your own iterator
Iterators: The Quiz
The range function
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is the range function?
How to use range
Uncovering range: how it works
Range: The Quiz
Working with files
Files: introduction
How to open and read a file
4 Topics
The old fashioned way to open a file
Using the with statement
File modes
More ways to read a file
Writing to files
2 Topics | 1 Quiz
Write to a file
Append to a file
Working with files: The Quiz
Common file operations
About Unix file permissions
Exception handling
Introduction to exceptions
3 Topics
What is an exception?
The try and except keywords
Call stack
Catching exceptions with try and except
5 Topics | 1 Quiz
Simple example: division by zero
Catching IOError
The finally and else blocks
Common Python exceptions
Exception best practices
Python Exceptions: The Quiz
Creating and raising exceptions
2 Topics | 1 Quiz
Create custom exceptions
Raising exceptions
Creating custom exceptions: The Quiz
Doing nothing with the pass statement
4 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is the pass keyword?
Why does Python need a pass keyword?
When and where to use pass
When not to use pass
Python’s pass statement: the quiz
Python data types
About data types
2 Topics | 1 Quiz
Mutability
Using type() to check the type
Mutability: The Quiz
Lists
4 Topics | 4 Quizzes
How to create and use a list
Creating and using lists
List comprehensions
List comprehensions quiz
Sorting lists
Sorting lists: the quiz
List slicing
List slicing quiz
Dictionaries
5 Topics | 1 Quiz
Create and use a dictionary
What are valid keys and values?
Dictionary view objects
More ways to create a Python dictionary
A list of built-in dictionary methods
Dictionaries: The Quiz
Sets
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
How to create a set
Sets and lists
Why sets are useful
Mathematical set operations
Python sets: overview
Frozensets and set indexing
Sets: The Quiz
Tuple
3 Topics | 1 Quiz
How to create a tuple
Using tuples
Multiple assignment
Tuples: The Quiz
Integer
Floating point numbers
4 Topics | 1 Quiz
What is a Python float?
Working with floats
Float precision
Converting floats to other types
Floating point numbers: the quiz
Course project: building a TODO application
What we’ll build
Starting a new project
Iteration 1: A Loop
Iteration 2: parse commands
Iteration 3: implement commands and refactor our code
Iteration 4: Files, storing, and loading lists
Extra assignments
And now what?
Next steps in your learning journey
2 Topics
Where you are, and what’s still missing
Final words and one last request…
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Python introduction: the quiz

Python Fundamentals I About Python Python introduction: the quiz

This is the first quiz you’ll be taking, so here’s some crucial information you need to understand:

  • These questions test your understanding of the things you just learned.
  • You can retry as often as you want. The point is that you learn from this, we’re not in high school! 🙂
  • Each quiz awards you points when you answer the questions correctly:
    • These points count up throughout the course.
    • In total, you need to answer 70% of all the questions correctly to pass this course and earn a certificate.

Good luck!